Adele entertains fans with rude joke on world tour

The singer was forced to improvise after a technical fault
Stand-up: Adele told jokes on stage in Adelaide
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Emma Powell14 March 2017
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Adele turned stand-up comedian as she entertained fans with a rude joke on her world tour.

The 28-year-old singer was forced to halt her show in Adelaide, Australia after the revolving stage pulled a plug and cut all of the sound.

Keen to keep fans entertained she decided to tell a risqué joke.

Speaking to the crowd she said: “Shall I tell you my filthy joke despite all the children here? I need more applause than that because I might offend someone.

Stage presence: Adele is on the Australia leg pf her tour
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“What do you call a blonde standing on her head? A brunette with bad breath.”

The Hello singer went on to explain that she was ad libbing while her crew attempted to fix the “technical” problems.

“So we’re having a technical difficulty,” she said. “I’m not quite sure what it is.

“Our power has gone out under the stage, so who knows how long we’re going to be doing this for.”

She then went down into the audience to pluck out some fans who were keen to tell jokes too.

One man joked: “Have you heard about the new restaurant on the moon? Apparently the food’s great, but there’s no atmosphere.”

When the issue was fixed, the multi-award winning star thanked fans for putting up with her “terrible” jokes.

Explaining the stage issues she said: “You’ll never guess what it was? So you know the band’s stage starts revolving after a little while, well as the stage revolved it pulled the power plug out so all the instruments went off.

“I won’t be revolving that stage again will I! I’ve had an amazing time.

“Thank you for your patience with my absolutely useless banter and thank you for putting up with some terrible jokes.”

Adele - In pictures

Adele performed to a sold-out crowd
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Adele is currently on the Australia leg of her world tour.

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